$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD) Day 2 | 2023 PokerNews Cup

07-02-2023 10:48 UTC-12

More Eliminations

Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Marcadet	Busted
Aaron Barone	Busted

Dimitrios Gkatzas	Busted
Pedro Ingles	Busted
Peter Tabali	Busted
Jessica Cai	Busted
Seunghwan Lee	Busted
Ryan Belz	Busted
Fei Li	Busted
Johannes Lehner	Busted

Silvio Domingues Costa	Busted
Aleksandar Trajkovski	Busted
Connor Stuewe	Busted
Ali Turkan	Busted
Bernard Nicholas	Busted
Luiz Filipe De Andrade	Busted
Mark Dyson	Busted
Tommaso Briotti	Busted
David Litvak	Busted
Ryan Brown	Busted
Jimmy Setna	Busted
Antoine Delorme	Busted
Corentin Ropert	Busted
James Minghini	Busted
Matthew Hudon	Busted

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07-02-2023 10:55 UTC-12

Himmelbrand Nears 2,000,000

Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Greg Himmelbrand opened from the button and called when Ed Alikhani jammed for 330,000 from the big blind.

Ed Alikhani: K♥8♠
Greg Himmelbrand: Q♦9♥

Himmelbrand made two pair on the Q♠9♣4♦ flop. Alikhani was unable to find any help on the 4♠ turn or 2♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Himmelbrand	1,900,000 1,326,000	1,326,000
Ed Alikhani	Busted

Tags: Ed Alikhani Greg Himmelbrand

07-02-2023 11:10 UTC-12

Nanji Doubles With Kings

Liam Gannon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs — Fatima Nanji was all in for her last 340,000 from the small blind and another player called her from the button.

Fatima Nanji: K♥K♠
Button: A♥Q♥

The board ran out 9♣8♦3♦Q♦2♣ and the kings held for Nanji to double up through her opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fatima Nanji	730,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Fatima Nanji

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

07-02-2023 11:12 UTC-12

Zolnai Makes Incredible Hero Call in Biggest Pot of the Day

Calum Grant

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Peter Zolnai opened to 45,000 from early position and called when Lucas Sfez three-bet to 140,000.

Zolnai opted to lead for 40,000 on the 7♣3♣2♥ flop and called again when Sfex made it 150,000.

Zolnai continued to fire for 100,000 and called once more when Sfez raised too 390,000 on the 6♣ turn.

Zolnai then slowed down on the K♠ river and checked. Sfez emptied the clip for 530,000 total. Zolnai covered him but went deep into the tank.

Several minutes passed by before the clock was called, but as soon as the TD approached the table, Zolnai committed his stack.

Sfez sheepishly showed J♥10♣ for complete air. Zolnai had just a pair of fives with his 5♥5♦ and scooped in the biggest pot of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Zolnai	2,800,000 2,503,000	2,503,000
Lucas Sfez	Busted

Tags: Lucas Sfez Peter Zolnai

07-02-2023 11:25 UTC-12

Kerkeni Doubles

Calum Grant

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Mohamed Kerkeni jammed for 390,000 from the hijack before Greg Himmelbrand reshoved on the button. The blinds got out of the way.

Mohamed Kerkeni: K♠Q♣
Greg Himmelbrand: A♣10♠

Both players paired up on the K♥10♥7♣ flop but Kerkeni had the best of it. His pair of kings remained ahead after the 5♣ turn and 8♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Himmelbrand	1,300,000 -600,000	-600,000
Mohamed Kerkeni	850,000 770,000	770,000

Tags: Greg Himmelbrand Mohamed Kerkeni

07-02-2023 11:27 UTC-12

Nemetz Cracks Cowboys

Liam Gannon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A player moved all in for 250,000 from the hijack and in the cutoff, Stefan Nemetz moved all in for more and everyone else folded.

Opponent: K♣K♠
Stefan Nemetz: Q♣J♥

The board ran out A♦10♣9♦8♣Q♠ and the straight came in on the turn for Nemetz to leave his opponent drawing dead and Nemetz took another bounty as the tournament progressed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Nemetz	1,150,000 558,000	558,000

Tags: Stefan Nemetz

07-02-2023 11:33 UTC-12

Lauck Gets Some Luck

Liam Gannon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A player moved all in for 190,000 in first position which saw Jonas Lauck move all in from the cutoff and the big blind called for 350,000 total.

First position: Q♥Q♣
Big blind: K♣K♠
Jonas Lauck: A♠Q♦

The board ran out 5♥10♥3♥A♦7♣ and Lauck found a lucky turn to secure the pot and two bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Lauck	1,200,000 1,020,000	1,020,000

Tags: Jonas Lauck

07-02-2023 11:38 UTC-12

Updated Counts

Calum Grant

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Zolnai	2,600,000 -200,000	-200,000
Anthony Kennedy	2,200,000 1,503,000	1,503,000

Kunal Patni	2,030,000 830,000	830,000

Forrest Raleigh	1,800,000 1,336,000	1,336,000
Luis Kamei	1,200,000 827,000	827,000

07-02-2023 11:44 UTC-12

Sorrentino Doubles Through Kennedy with Quads

Liam Gannon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Anthony Kennedy raised to 60,000 from early position and Raffaele Sorrentino called from the cutoff.

The flop came 7♣5♦2♦ and Kennedy continued for 50,000, which Sorrentino called.

On the turn 2♥, Kennedy continued once more for 145,000 and Sorrentino went into the tank before putting in the call.

On the 4♣ river, Kennedy moved all in for 750,000 effective and Sorrentino called immediately.

Raffaele Sorrentino: 2♣2♠
Anthony Kennedy: 4♦4♥

Kennedy had boated up on the river to make fours full of twos, but he was drawing dead after Sorrentino had turned quad twos, allowing him to take down a massive pot against the Day 1a leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raffaele Sorrentino	2,150,000 1,642,000	1,642,000
Anthony Kennedy	700,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000

Tags: Anthony Kennedy Raffaele Sorrentino